President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent could be a candidate to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, but suggested that might not happen.

The New York Times was first to report, Trump waved a draft letter firing Powell during a meeting with House Republicans, and soliciting their opinions on whether he should proceed. The next day, Trump confirmed that was true: “I talked about the concept of firing him,

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